creamy french shepherd's pie

Recipe by
Silvie Dosser
Dundalk, ON

This is a favourite classic with a spin...rich and creamy for a cold winter's night... Great recipe to make ahead and stock your freezer too!

yield 16 to 20
prep time 1 Hr 30 Min
cook time 35 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For creamy french shepherd's pie

  • 4 lb
    ground beef
  • 2 lg
    diced onions
  • 2 Tbsp
    each of salt, pepper, granulated garlic, ground oregano
  • 2 tsp
    of tumeric
  • 2 c
    peaches and cream corn
  • 4 can
    green giant creamed corn
  • 6 to 8 lb
    white table potatoes or yukon gold
  • 2 stick
    butter or magarine
  • 2 to 3 c
    milk
  • 5
    beaten eggs
  • BOTTOM AND TOP, GARNISHES
  • bread crumbs, seasoned
  • parmesan or romano cheese
  • club house garlic red pepper seasoning
  • TOPPINGS
  • sour cream, gravy, cream of mushroom soup, or good ole ketchup

How To Make creamy french shepherd's pie

  • 1
    Boil potatoes on medium heat add 2 tbs of salt
  • 2
    Meanwhile brown and season beef, add onions
  • 3
    When beef is almost done, stir in peaches and cream corn, cover and remove from heat.
  • 4
    When potatoes are fork tender, turn off heat, drain potatoes with a strainer. Put potatoes back into pot. Work on the counter put dish cloth under pot to avoid overheating counter and to stabilize your pot.
  • 5
    Mash potatoes , add butter or margarine and continue mashing vigorously add 1 cup of milk , keep mashing
  • 6
    Beat 5 eggs with 1 cup of milk then stir into mashed potatoes
  • Building your pies,  first layer of potatoes, second the beef third the creamed corn.
    7
    Building your pies Pam spray the bottom of 3 pans
  • 8
    Put one layer of mashed potatoes on bottom of each pan
  • 9
    Second , put a layer of the ground beef and corn mixture
  • 10
    Third , put cream corn to cover the ground beef
  • When putting the 4th layer, work progressively  with spatula from the edges inwards towards the center until all is covered
    11
    Fourth layer put the remaining mashed potatoes using a spatula working from the edges towards the center until all corn is covered, smooth out as you go
  • 12
    When all pans are covered and potatoes smoothed over, sprinkle bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and Garlic plus
  • Here it is served with mushroom gravy....
    13
    Bake at 385F for 35 min or until golden brown Remove from oven let rest 10 min on cooling rack before serving Serve with preferred topping..
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